This category covers building software with AI in the loop, which is a wider problem than which assistant you use.
Threads here cover debugging with AI assistance and its limits, refactoring at scale, working with unfamiliar codebases, API integration and the surrounding boilerplate, prompt patterns that work specifically for code, and the local versus cloud model decision for teams with code they cannot send anywhere.
Building applications on top of AI models is a distinct topic and fits here too. Context window management, cost control at volume, evaluation and regression testing for non-deterministic output, and handling failure gracefully are all problems with no settled best practice yet.
The most useful posts describe a specific problem and what worked, including the approaches that did not. See AI Coding & Developer Tools for tool-by-tool comparison and Agents & Automation for agent architecture.
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I have seen both replit and lovable get a lot attention online for No Code solutions. I am keen on starting but would like to know what peoples experience have been for developing games?
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Our coding guide is live, and this thread is about a rule that matters regardless of which assistant you use: generated code needs the same security and review discipline as human-written code. Full ...
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I build frontend components for products that need to meet WCAG accessibility standards. Accessibility in UI development is one of those things that is easy to get wrong when you are moving quickly an...
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I work on a large codebase with a long history. Most AI coding assistants get noticeably less useful as the codebase grows because they work from a limited context window and have no real understandin...
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I teach introductory programming to adults who are changing careers. A recurring challenge is explaining what code does in a way that someone with no prior technical background can follow. My own expl...
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[Watch the original video on Matthew Berman's channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYG8JxtSgmM). Matthew Berman recently analysed leaked Claude Code material and discussed what it may reveal abo...
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[Watch the original video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUC_spHdy44). **Where an AI reviewer may help** - Checking project conventions - Finding missing tests - Spotting common security issues - ...
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[Watch the original video on Wes Roth's channel](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqxrq4Djd4s). **What the evidence suggests** The agent should understand repository context, make limited changes, ...
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[Watch the original video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W8jeBJm39k). **What should be compared?** - Tool access - Persistent context - Deployment - Cost - Privacy - Customisation - Maintenance ...
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[Watch the original video on All About AI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdBT0OAtzLo). All About AI recently demonstrated an automated iOS app workflow and reported earning money within three days...
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